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    aizome got a reaction from 2989 in Vector/pattern fill   
    ^ What they said.
    Affinity Designer lacks absolutely fundamental features for all users (e.g. 'select' ignores locked layers, the ability to designate non-printing layers when created). It lacks absolutely fundamental features for print design (e.g. vector fills).
    As documented on these forums it has lacked these things -- and far more -- for years.
    You can find work-rounds, you can buy add-ons, but honestly, as long as you pay Affinity for what you're getting, that is exactly what you will get. There's no incentive for them to add these fundamental features. 
    I'm awaiting a quote for repair of the mac that will run CS6. If it's not economic I will bite the bullet and pay Adobe for software that does what I need. 
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    aizome got a reaction from Cyrisus in Limit scope of Select Same/Select Object   
    *Bump*. Because having items on locked, hidden layers change when I do a 'select all' for items on ONE LAYER is driving me mad. I'm sorry, I know this software is cheap, relatively speaking. I'd rather pay more and have it do the basics, seriously. Locked layers are untouchable. The ability to set non-printing layers.
     
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    aizome reacted to ra.skill in Vector/pattern fill   
    I must say it looks fantastic! With a lot more functionality over AD. Thanks for sharing. The Ui looks a little cleaner and clearer too, nice!
    But I don't really want to fork out more money to support my Affinity suite when I might just return to Adobe anyway. If vectorstyler offered a complete suite I might think about it more.
    Got my fingers crossed for Affinity 2.0.... unless I give up before then.
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    aizome reacted to D. Main in Vector/pattern fill   
    My frustration here is that it appears that Affinity keeps addressing things either enterprise users like or that are easy to implement - rather than implementing something BASIC TO THE NEEDS OF MANY USERS.  ('So it becomes less relevant that AI and even Inkscape!!!)
    RE an earlier comment re Affinity's likelihood of continuing to ignore this ISSUE:  I ask myself and Affinity - what use is this forum to users, if Affinity ignores, doesn't answer, or doesn't care about its content?
    I'm deciding, like some here apparently, that we can hear of better products (that meet our needs) and switch.  I'm now using VectorStyler.  If it ends up meeting all my needs, I'll no longer be an Affinity Designer promoter like I used to do. 
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    aizome got a reaction from Fixx in Vector/pattern fill   
    I'd add a +1 to the need for vector/pattern fill for me but honestly, I'm going back to Adobe. I design for print, creating items that will be scaled by the client. Lack of vector capability kills Designer stone-dead for my work. Bitmap images are totally inadequate; having to pay more than Designer itself for an add-on doesn't cut it: put the basic functionality in the software and charge us more for something that actually works.

    I spent *two hours* today searching for instructions to create vector fills because I could not believe something marketed as design software (as opposed to web design software) would not have this feature.  
    The Designer forum is full of requests for vector fill and other fundamental functionalities; every time I find a fundamental feature^1 is missing (the ability to designate layers as non-printing at the time they're created; the ability to lock layers to prevent search and other functions operating on those layers; the ability to create greyscale artwork that does not have 'rich black' creeping into it somewhere) I find other people reported the lack, often years ago, and have been begging you to add it ever since.
    yeah, I'm a bit annoyed. I've invested several weeks in Designer. Each time I found an issue I began by thinking it was my bad, that I should RTFM. And almost every time I RTFM or ask for help I find the feature has been broken or missing for years. 


    ^1: This leaves aside other less significant issues: why is there no 'find/change font' for those of us producing artwork that contains text? Why does the eyedropper not correctly copy *all* the attributes of one item to another? etc. 
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    aizome reacted to jog in 1 bit TIFF/Bitmap support please   
    This exactly. It's really important.
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    aizome got a reaction from ra.skill in Vector/pattern fill   
    I'd add a +1 to the need for vector/pattern fill for me but honestly, I'm going back to Adobe. I design for print, creating items that will be scaled by the client. Lack of vector capability kills Designer stone-dead for my work. Bitmap images are totally inadequate; having to pay more than Designer itself for an add-on doesn't cut it: put the basic functionality in the software and charge us more for something that actually works.

    I spent *two hours* today searching for instructions to create vector fills because I could not believe something marketed as design software (as opposed to web design software) would not have this feature.  
    The Designer forum is full of requests for vector fill and other fundamental functionalities; every time I find a fundamental feature^1 is missing (the ability to designate layers as non-printing at the time they're created; the ability to lock layers to prevent search and other functions operating on those layers; the ability to create greyscale artwork that does not have 'rich black' creeping into it somewhere) I find other people reported the lack, often years ago, and have been begging you to add it ever since.
    yeah, I'm a bit annoyed. I've invested several weeks in Designer. Each time I found an issue I began by thinking it was my bad, that I should RTFM. And almost every time I RTFM or ask for help I find the feature has been broken or missing for years. 


    ^1: This leaves aside other less significant issues: why is there no 'find/change font' for those of us producing artwork that contains text? Why does the eyedropper not correctly copy *all* the attributes of one item to another? etc. 
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    aizome got a reaction from Krustysimplex in Working in true greyscale? Can this be set somewhere?   
    Just to add that while scrolling through the Publisher feedback forum I found posts saying that Publisher also fails to clearly distinguish between CMYK and greyscale images. I'm sorry, but that's a fundamental failure and means I can't use Publisher. As I said above, I often produce print jobs in greyscale only. No colour. I need to know that what I see and plan is what the client will get, without conversion in the press.
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    aizome reacted to ra.skill in Vector/pattern fill   
    +1 for this whole situation!!!!!
    I went all in on Affinity about a year ago and bought the whole suite with the plan of never opening any Adobe product again.
    Affinity is fantastic... I really like the way they implement the design of their tools and the push to do things differently from how Adobe do it. The software works fantastic and doesn't feel bloated, it's smooth with great UI, Publisher is outstanding and truly walks over InDesign! Generally I'm super satisfied, happy and more than willing to put up with small problems and quirks being that's a younger product than adobe and I don't mind putting up with collaboration issues of using a product than no one else does.
    But....
    I'm very very very close to binning Affinity and going back to Adobe and it's all down to missing features in Designer. Particularly the ability to create Vector Pattern Fills and Vector Brushes and some basic CAD functionality like the ability to measure a curve, these are essential tools for my work and I would have thought they were all basic functions that are expected in a 2021 vector product. I foolishly thought these things might come during the past year and that I could put up without them till then, but the more I dig into these forums the more I realise I could be waiting forever. Even Inkscape is mostly capable of these things!
    Maybe version 2.0 will bring some joy in this area... but in the mean time I sadly don't want to invest more time in Affinity when Designer feels like a forgotten product. I truly am torn because 99% of Affinity is excellent but that 1% is a deal breaker for me.
    😞
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    aizome reacted to Comet in Vector/pattern fill   
    I do not consider myself a "super-pro" user but this one feature in particular, vector fills, is so fundamental and essential for what I do mainly, which is drawing plans (not an outlandish use?) that I reluctantly can't commit to swapping to the products from Adobe.
    That this basic feature has not been added yet to what is in other respects a very mature product frankly astounds me, and turns what could otherwise be a solidly professional product into a mere toy.
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    aizome got a reaction from 2989 in Vector/pattern fill   
    I'd add a +1 to the need for vector/pattern fill for me but honestly, I'm going back to Adobe. I design for print, creating items that will be scaled by the client. Lack of vector capability kills Designer stone-dead for my work. Bitmap images are totally inadequate; having to pay more than Designer itself for an add-on doesn't cut it: put the basic functionality in the software and charge us more for something that actually works.

    I spent *two hours* today searching for instructions to create vector fills because I could not believe something marketed as design software (as opposed to web design software) would not have this feature.  
    The Designer forum is full of requests for vector fill and other fundamental functionalities; every time I find a fundamental feature^1 is missing (the ability to designate layers as non-printing at the time they're created; the ability to lock layers to prevent search and other functions operating on those layers; the ability to create greyscale artwork that does not have 'rich black' creeping into it somewhere) I find other people reported the lack, often years ago, and have been begging you to add it ever since.
    yeah, I'm a bit annoyed. I've invested several weeks in Designer. Each time I found an issue I began by thinking it was my bad, that I should RTFM. And almost every time I RTFM or ask for help I find the feature has been broken or missing for years. 


    ^1: This leaves aside other less significant issues: why is there no 'find/change font' for those of us producing artwork that contains text? Why does the eyedropper not correctly copy *all* the attributes of one item to another? etc. 
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    aizome reacted to Gear maker in Setting dash/dot size in Stroke Panel   
    Glad I could help.  Have fun.
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    aizome reacted to 2989 in Vector/pattern fill   
    AFFINITY - Can we Please get an Official word, here and now, on this forum on When we will get the ALL Important Vector fill !
    Will it be in the next release ?
    Are you actually working on it ?
    I have always wondered, Why has Serif never sent a Questionnaire with the top 20  requests that people want, that we - Your paying customers, Need from your software?
    It would give you a roadmap of what to work on next, not just what you think we want or what is hip/cool with the other engineers at Serif.  In the 25+ years I have used Serif products, You have never done basic marketing and asked your customers what type of design we use, the industry we work in, the jobs we use your programs for, and the things we need added. I find that astounding.  And why do some of your MUCH older products have features that your new Software is sorely lacking?  You obviously had the Skills and Technology Years ago to produce these features, So where are they ? 
    You have this superb forum, people have asked for YEARS for things (like Vector Fills) and yet they never seam to appear.  
    Why not?
    I (and I am sure many others), Look forward to your reply.
    Thank You.
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    aizome reacted to D. Main in Vector/pattern fill   
    I can't afford two separate packages (time or $ wise) - so am on the path to transition off of Affinity Designer (AD).  Wanting to try VS but so far Norton's antivirus intervenes and says untrustworthy and removes from downloads.   But AD's days are numbered in my shop.
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    aizome reacted to jc4d in Vector/pattern fill   
    Hi all,
    I'm considering buying Designer but one thing that I can't find is if there is a way to fill an object using vector or patterns. I only find gradients and bitmap.
    I know we can duplicate an object to create hand made pattern but I can't then edit the repetitions like if is a bitmap fill.
    Cheers,
    Juan
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    aizome reacted to Pieter Frank in Missing Features for Fashion & Textiles   
    Hello There!
    I seem to be having more or less the same wish list.
    1: I am desperately waiting for a pattern swatch tool. I design a lot of repeating patterns and I need to be able to make a swatch out of this in vector! I recently designed patterns for PUMA to be used in the summer olympics and to deliver the artwork as bitmap is a no go. PLEASE affinity developpers put this on your roadmap!!!!!
    2: I sketch a lot of line work on my iPad or on paper and vector trace it to be edited in a Vector program. I used to do this in adobe illustrator but after 25 years of adobe I got fed up with their adobe antics and decided to go with to the Affinity suite. I would be helped a lot with a vector tracing tool, to convert drawings to vector. I am using Inkscape now for lack of a better tool in the affinity realm but I would prefer to be able to do it in affinity designer.
     
    THNX!
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    aizome got a reaction from Mithferion in Setting dash/dot size in Stroke Panel   
    I owe you a beer. Or the beverage of your choice, because that solved it. I can finish the damned map.

    thank you!
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    aizome reacted to uneMule in Some Basic Tools which are Missing in Affinity Designer and Must be Included in Affinity 2.0   
    Je suis toujours épaté lorsque la question est préemptée par des considérations techniques qui deviennent l'alpha et l'oméga de la discussion.
    On peut entendre "on le fait" ou "on le fait pas pour l'instant" mais pas "c'est techniquement compliqué". Ce dont personne ne doute au demeurant.
    Ce qui est légitime est que beaucoup d'entre nous souhaitons retrouver des fonctionnalités que nous utilisons naturellement ailleurs et ce qui peut finalement poser problème et d'inciter Affinity à refaire le même produit que celui que nous utilisions déjà. 🤨
    *****
    I am always amazed when the issue is preempted by technical considerations that become the alpha and omega of the discussion.
    You can hear "we're doing it" or "we're not doing it right now" but not "it's technically complicated". No one doubts this, by the way.
    What is legitimate is that many of us want to get back to features that we naturally use elsewhere, and what may end up being a problem is for Affinity to redo the same product we were already using. 🤨
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    aizome reacted to Dazmondo77 in Some Basic Tools which are Missing in Affinity Designer and Must be Included in Affinity 2.0   
    all above 'nailed' 
    Off the top of my head, would also like to add:
    Proper, end to end, vector brushes
    Proper separation preview
    Ability to print CMYK to postscript devices
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    aizome reacted to Old Bruce in Some Basic Tools which are Missing in Affinity Designer and Must be Included in Affinity 2.0   
    Erm.....
    I would like to use a knife tool like a knife, meaning I draw the blade across a Rectangle and I now have two items. No need to draw the line then click on Cut thing below/selected using this line.
    Having said that I would also like the ability to use and reuse a shape or curve to slice things up repeatedly.
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    aizome reacted to Andrej in Background color for artboards   
    Hello,
    it would be great if there was an option to add a background color for artboards (which is not included in exports). I often have white elements I want to export with a transparent background. Without the option to add a fake background color, I can't see the things I'm working on. 
    Yes you could change the objects colors for a while and then change them back to white for exporting. Or you could add a black rectangle in the back and remove it when exporting. But this is tedious if you have to do it for several icons each iteration.
    BR,
    Andrej
     
    PS: If there is an option for that, I did not find it. I googled it, I searched the forums, I watched your tutorial video on artboards.

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    aizome got a reaction from Fixx in Working in true greyscale? Can this be set somewhere?   
    I produce a lot of artwork to be printed greyscale. No colour, none, never. 
    I go to 'File' ->'Document Setup' and select 'Grey/8' or 'Grey/16' and still Designer seems to default to rich black. I have to manually check and correct the black/grey as I work.

    Is there a better way to do this?
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    aizome got a reaction from moi.cool in Working in true greyscale? Can this be set somewhere?   
    I produce a lot of artwork to be printed greyscale. No colour, none, never. 
    I go to 'File' ->'Document Setup' and select 'Grey/8' or 'Grey/16' and still Designer seems to default to rich black. I have to manually check and correct the black/grey as I work.

    Is there a better way to do this?
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    aizome reacted to seabirdr in Limit scope of Select Same/Select Object   
    +1
    limitation the scope of select same to a layer, a group or an artboard is a must-have function!!!
    🙋🏻
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    aizome reacted to lb Cake in Limit scope of Select Same/Select Object   
    Indeed, just yesterday I reverted to a Adobe state of mind and forgot that locked items are omitted from the Select Same parameters and changed the colors of a couple hundred objects. An hour later I'd moved on to other tasks only to notice my (forced) blunder. All I can say is thank God for incremental saves.
    I really hope this gets addressed soon.
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